Building block ob



E. GREGORY.

BUILDING BLOCK 0R SECTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I2, I9I2.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

NVENTOR WITNESSES EUGENE GREGORY, `01' MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

BUILDING BLJOQK R SECTIOIL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8,1916.

Application med :une 12, 1912. serial No. 703,217.

To all fwhom t may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE GREGORY, of Michigan City, in the county of Laporte and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Blocks or Sections; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact .description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this speci cation.

This inventlon is a novel composite buildin g unit or section for construction purposes; especially designed for use in erecting the walls of buildings for dwellings, factories and the like, and for general structural purposes. l Q

The object of the invention is to produce light, hollow and strong building sections which will be thoroughly braced and may be of any desired size; and which sections can be used like concrete blocks or may be made thin and used as a sheathing.

The particular manner in which the sections are employed in the erection of a wall orbuilding is not material to the present invention which relates particularly to the construction of such sections.

A section constructed in accordance with the invention comprises in brief a foundation frame work, preferably made of narrow strips of wood, metal, or other suitable material, and arranged to form a rectangular frame; and inside of such frame are arranged intersecting vertical and horizontal strips which may be of the same material as the sides of the frame work; and in each square formed by such intersecting strips are intersecting diagonal braces. This' framing thus braced may be then wrapped with wire so as to bond it securely and form a basis or support for the paper wrapping, and over this are placed layers of paper or other suitable non-conducting material; the whole is then preferably wrapped with iron wire in two directions; and then covered eX- teriorly with a preferably water-proof composition of cement, or other suitable material, or compositions of material. Such a section may be of any desired size and contour, but is preferably from two to six inches thick and about four feet square.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a section embodying the invention. As shown therein it comprises rst a foundation frame consisting of horizontal ings.

strips 1, and vertical4 strips 1, matched to vform a rectangular frame, and these strips may be connected at the corners of the frame by any suitable means, not shown. foundation frame is braced by vertical and transverse intersecting strips 2, 2, which as shown in Figure l, divide the interior of the frame work into smaller squares. With- 1n these squares are placed X-braces formed of intersecting strips 3, 3a. All these braces may be composed of wooden or metal strips which are preferably notched at their intersections as indicated in Fig. 2, so that where they intersect they can be Afitted to each other in the ordinary way. This foundation work is then preferably wrapped V/with iron wire as indicated at 4 (Fig. 3).

If desired these wires 4 may be wrapped both longitudinally and horizontally around the frame, but wrappin the latter one WayY This f covered frame is again wrapped with iron wire, preferably both verticallyy and horizontally, as indicated at 6 and 7 in the draw- Then the wrapped unit is covered .with an outer coating of cement, or other suitable material or composition or material, indicated at 8 in the drawings.

In the manufacture of the sections the work of Wrapping the foundation frame with wire and covering it with paper or SliA composition material may be largely orv wholly performed by machinery, which however forms no part of the present invention; in this way the expense of constructing such sections is reduced to the minimum.

The sections may be made of any desired size and can be fastened to suitable uprights or ordinary studding by nails, or in other desired manner, and form an eiiicient, warm, moisture-proof, neat appearing, wall. Sections or blocks of any deslred size and form may be constructed in this manner according to the nature and design of the wall or building in which they are to be used.

What I claim is:

1. A building section comprising a frame, intersecting bracing strips within the frame, a layer of non heat-conducting material upon suchframe, a wrapping of wire around said layer, and an outer composition covcring.

2. A building section comprising a frame composed of strips of suitable material, with intersecting strips within the frame and X- braces between the intersecting strips, a non heat-conducting layer upon the exterior of such frame, a Wrapping of wire around said frame, and an outer composition covering.

3. A building section comprising a foundation frame composed of narrow strips of suitable material arranged on edge; intersecting braces arranged within the frame and X-braces between the first braces; a layer of paper or felt upon such frame, a Wrapping of wire around said layer, and an outer'covering of cement.

4. A building section comprising a foundation frame composed of narrow strips of suitable material arranged onedge, inter-` secting braces in said frame, a layer of paper Maaate vwrapping of wire, a second Wrapping of .wire' around said frame intersecting the first wrapping of Wire around said layer, and an outer covering of cement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE GREGORY.

Witnesses:

J. R. MOKERCHER, G. E. BRUQHNER. 

